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  Noah Mittman

  

  Better Names for Food

  kottke.org - Jason Kottke

  Nathan Pyle has come up with some alternate names for everyday foods: wheat wands for breadsticks, leafbucket for salad, fried beans 2.0 for refried …

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  Noah Mittman

  

  A pirate radio tour with David Goren

  cjr.org

  Chapter 2: Where Pirate stations earn their name by hitching a ride on already licensed radio frequencies that typically cost commercial stations …

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  Noah Mittman

  

  Tuning out after your party wins: Local election results and local news consumption are linked, a study finds

  Nieman Lab - Shraddha Chakradhar

  If you’re on the winning side, “you might disengage relative to those with the opposing party, which now feels threatened.” One of the surprising effects of a local election — specifically a gubernatorial election — seems to be that the demand for the local newspaper associated with the winning …

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  Noah Mittman

  

  How a Secret Google Geofence Warrant Helped Catch the Capitol Riot Mob

  WIRED - Mark Harris

  A WIRED investigation has found 45 federal criminal cases that cite Google geolocation data to place suspects inside the US Capitol during the …

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  Noah Mittman

  

  At The Turtle Club In The Shadow Of 9/11

  defector.com

  This year marks the 20th anniversary of—as you are no doubt fully aware, especially this week—the making of The Master of Disguise. On the off-chance …

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  Noah Mittman

  

  The Plan to Stop Every Respiratory Virus at Once

  The Atlantic - Sarah Zhang

  The benefits of ventilation reach far beyond the coronavirus. What if we stop taking colds and flus for granted, too? When London vanquished cholera in the 19th century, it took not a vaccine, or a drug, but a sewage system. The city’s drinking water was intermingling with human waste, spreading …